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      on him fall.

      Once the most holy

      child of salvation

      gentle and lowly

      lived below;

      now as our glorious

      mighty Redeemer,

      see him victorious

      over each foe.

      Prophets foretold him,

      infant of wonder;

      angels behold him

      on his throne;

      worthy our Saviour

      of all their praises;

      happy for ever

      are his own.

      Mary Macdonald (1789–1872)

       translated by I. Macbean (1853–1931)

       Christians, awake!

      John Byrom, a scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, wrote this popular Christmas hymn in 1749 in response to a request from his young daughter, Dolly, for an unusual Christmas present. She was delighted when she came down to breakfast on Christmas Day that year to find a scroll bearing the poem at her place. The lines were subsequently set to music by John Wainwright (c.1723–68), the organist at Stockport Parish Church, who directed the choir that sang it outside Byrom’s house on Christmas morning 1750.

      Christians, awake! Salute the happy morn

      Whereon the Saviour of the World was born!

      Rise to adore the mystery of love,

      Which hosts of angels chanted from above;

      With them the joyful tidings first begun

      Of God incarnate and the Virgin’s Son.

      Unto the watchful shepherds it was told,

      Who heard the angelic herald’s voice: ‘Behold!

      I bring good tidings of a Saviour’s birth

      To you and all the nations of the earth:

      This day hath God fulfilled his promised word,

      This day is born a Saviour, Christ the Lord!

      ‘In David’s city, shepherds, ye shall find

      The long-foretold Redeemer of mankind;

      Joseph and Mary, in a stable there,

      Guard the sole object of the Almighty’s care;

      Wrapped up in swaddling-clothes, the Babe divine

      Lies in a manger: this shall be your sign.’

      He spake, and straightway the celestial choir

      In hymns of joy, unknown before, conspire.

      The praises of redeeming love they sung,

      And heaven’s whole orb with Hallelujahs rung;

      God’s highest glory was their anthem still,

      Peace on the earth, and mutual good will.

      To Bethlehem straight the enlightened shepherds ran

      To see the wonder God hath wrought for man,

      And found, with Joseph and the blessed Maid,

      Her Son, the Saviour, in a manger laid:

      To human eyes none present but they two,

      Where heaven was pointing its concentred view.

      Amazed, the wondrous story they proclaim,

      The first apostles of his infant fame;

      While Mary keeps and ponders in her heart

      The heavenly vision which the swains impart,

      They to their flocks, still praising God, return,

      And their glad hearts within their bosoms burn.

      Let us, like these good shepherds, then, employ

      Our grateful voices to proclaim the joy;

      Like Mary, let us ponder in our mind

      God’s wondrous love in saving lost mankind:

      Artless and watchful as these favoured swains,

      While virgin meekness in our heart remains.

      Trace we the Babe, who has retrieved our loss,

      From his poor manger to his bitter Cross,

      Treading his steps, assisted by his grace,

      Till man’s first heavenly state again takes place,

      And, in fulfilment of the Father’s will,

      The place of Satan’s fallen host we fill.

      Then may we hope, the angelic thrones among,

      To sing, redeemed, a glad triumphal song.

      He that was born upon this joyful day

      Around us all his glory shall display;

      Save by his love, incessant we shall sing

      Of angels and of angel-men the King.

      John Byrom (1692–1763)

       A Christingle song

      ‘Christingle’ means ‘Christ light’ and is a symbol of the Christian faith. The Christingle orange represents the world, the red ribbon around it signifies the blood of Christ, the fruits symbolise the fruits of the earth in their four seasons and the candle represents Jesus, the light of the world. This song may be sung to the tune ‘Give me oil in my lamp (Sing Hosanna)’.

      telling us of the world God made.

      By the fruits of the earth in their seasons,

      we can see the love of God displayed.

      Sing Christingle! Sing Christingle!

      Sing Christingle, it’s the light of Christ.

      Sing Christingle! Sing Christingle!

      Sing Christingle, light of Christ.

      God of love, we give thanks now for Jesus;

      we remember his birth again.

      But the red ribbon round the Christingle

      tells the story of his cross and pain.

      To complete the Christingle: a candle,

      shining out in the darkest night.

      Jesus promised to lead us and guide us;

      come and celebrate the world’s true light!

      Mark Earey (b.1965)

      © Mark Earey. Reproduced with permission.

       Christmas

      This poem by John Betjeman contrasts the frivolities of the modern Christmas with the serious message of Christ’s birth.

      The Tortoise stove is lit again

      And


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